Police talk down man threatening to jump near Inland Center Mall

San Bernardino police and firefighters successfully talked down a distraught man from jumping to his death from a flood-control overpass Sunday afternoon.

Shortly before 2 p.m. a 55-year-old man climbed a perimeter fence before perching himself atop the overpass along Inland Center Drive near the Inland Center Mall, police said. He was apparently suicidal.

Police negotiators spoke with the man for hours while the San Bernardino City Fire Department requested the use of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s airbag.

Around 5:30 p.m., after the airbag was deployed into the channel, the man surrendered to authorities. He was taken into custody for a mental health evaluation.